Prisoners will learn the skills they need to stay on the straight and narrow as the latest phase of the government’s plan to deliver 20,000 new prison places gets underway.

Wates and Kier have been awarded contracts to lead an alliance of hundreds of small businesses in constructing new houseblocks at six prisons capable of accommodating more than 2,600 offenders.

Wates has been appointed to deliver a major contract for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to fit-out and refurbish 12 probation offices across England.

Wates has completed a major Covid-19 response programme on behalf of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

ISG, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have been appointed to the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) £1billion New Prisons Programme to build four new adult male prisons across the UK

Wates has secured a three-year contract with global investment management organisation, Barings.